Disapproval of the president is 88 percent to 10 percent among Republicans and 60 percent to 34 percent among key independent voters.

New Jersey Democrats still overwhelmingly approve of the president, with 77 percent approving of his job performance and 19 percent disapproving.

There is also a large gender gap among voters in New Jersey, as 50 percent of women approve of Obama, with only 45 percent disapproving. 60 percent of men, on the other hand, disapprove of the president’s jobs performance, with only 36 percent approving of it.

Voters were about evenly split on whether Obama deserves reelection — 47 percent said he did, 48 percent said he didn’t.